Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Whiteness: Explain how the film,

Format: 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced.

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner and Whiteness: Explain how the film,

despite its emphasis on race issues, depicts whiteness. Consider the

following: How is whiteness the “default” or “ideal standard?” Does the

film depict xenophobia? If so, how and by which characters toward

which characters? What role does white paternalism play in this narrative

about racial tolerance? In its treatment of race tension/conflicts, does the

film privilege an assimilationist or “cultural specificity” approach (explain

how, provide examples from the film). What does the film’s ending leave

us with: unresolved topics to mull over or the comfort of closure? Explain

how and explore the significance. You are welcome to apply concepts

and ideas from the chapter on African American representation as well.